| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | ASW Trawler |
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| Pennant | |
| Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 21 Aug 1033 |
| Commissioned | 1940 |
| Lost | 18 Jan 1942 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Completed in September 1933. Built as a "Football" Class trawler called Sheffield Wednesday and later sold to the Dutch who renamed her Erin. She was taken over by the Royal Navy and served with the Royal Naval Patrol Service. HMT Erin (T/Lt. W.G. Swanston, RNVR) was sunk in Gibraltar harbour by a Spanish sabatour on 18 January 1942 along with HMS Honjo. |
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Noteable events involving Erin include:
2 Dec 1940
HMT Erin (A/Cdr J.O. Davies, RNR) picks up 19 survivors from the British merchant Jeanne M. that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-37 about 230 nautical miles north of Cape Roca, Portugal in position 39º19'N, 13º54'W.